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Market Talk – October 31, 2025

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 1,085.73 points or 2.12% to 52,411.34 • Shanghai decreased 32.111 points or...

PRIVATE BLOG – EU Pauses Handing Russian Money to Zelensky

PRIVATE BLOG – EU Pauses Handing Russian Money to Zelensky Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to...

Seoul and Washington Pen $950 Billion Deal

Washington and Seoul brokered a historic $950 billion deal, bringing the two nations closer in both trade and military alliance. South Korea will pay $350 billion...

China Purges Military – Loyalty in Question

President Xi Jinping has grown suspicious of his People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Nine senior generals, including CMC Vice-Chair He Weidong and Rocket Force...

Gov Healey’s Drug Lord Deputy Director

Aide to Dem Mass. Gov. Maura Healey busted after allegedly having 8 kilos of cocaine sent to state office building https://t.co/RCSRlSyOuT...

Known vs Unknown

QUESTION: Since you are probably the first to develop a real AI computer decades before anyone heard of AI, what is your opinion of the future of AI? You have been...

PRIVATE BLOG – Peace Talks Going Well

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Market Talk – October 30, 2025

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 17.96 points or 0.04% to 51,325.61 • Shanghai decreased 29.43 points or -0.73%...

Radioactive Tsunamis

Humans continue to devise innovative ways to kill one another. Bullets simply will not suffice in modern warfare. Moscow has developed nuclear torpedo missiles that...

Layoffs Continue – UPS and Amazon Switch to AI

New and seasonal hires are typically announced during Q4. The opposite is unfolding amid stagflation. UPS announced that, despite favorable earnings, it has cut its...